Amaewhule, 24 other lawmakers’ seats remain vacant – Rivers Assembly

Oct. 16, 2024 - Punch Newspapers

The Rivers State House of Assembly has reiterated its resolve that the legislative seats of Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers remain vacant following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. “On the 13th day of December 2023, the defection by Martin Chike Amaewhule and 26 others was further cemented in an affidavit deposed to by Martin Chike Amaewhule, when in Suit No.

Honourable Edison Ogerenye Ehie, as then Speaker, declared the seats of Martin Chike Amaewhule and 24 others in the Rivers State House of Assembly vacant and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct bye-election to fill their vacant legislative seats. Myself and the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been piloting the affairs of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including passing resolutions and screening various eminent persons as commissioner-nominees and recommending them to His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, to be appointed and sworn-in as commissioners, among others.

The fact of the defection by Martin Chike Amaewhule and 24 Ors cannot be erased by pretenders like Martin Chike Amaewhule and his committee of friends...